University of Auckland (New Zealand): 15-19 February. Asia Pacific Corpus Linguistics Conference (APCLC). The aim of the conference is to bring together academics from around the world to report on the varied developments in the use of corpora in linguistics, language learning, and translation studies.

Madison, Wisconsin (USA): 2-3 March.Manifestations of (Im)Mobility.The 14th Annual Conference of the German and Dutch Graduate Student Association at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. From individual feelings of Wanderlust to large-scale migrations, mobility has shaped and continues to shape human experience. Humans and cultures do not exist in isolation but rather in a world in which identities are constructed in contact with others. As individuals or groups physically move through the world, they either clash or cooperate in ways that have far-reaching effects on culture, language and identity.

London (UK): 14 March.EU Translation Workshop. The EU Commission Field Officer, John Evans, will be running a workshop on the translation of EU texts. ITI London Regional Group is delighted to announce a very special event being held in collaboration with the EU Commission in London. The EU Commission Field Officer, John Evans, will be running a workshop on the translation of EU texts.

Luxembourg: 15 – 16 March 2012. W3C Workshop. The Multilingual Web – The Way Ahead. Today, the World Wide Web is fundamental to communication in all walks of life. As the share of English web pages decreases and that of other languages increases, it is vitally important to ensure the multilingual success of the World Wide Web. The MultilingualWeb project is looking at best practices and standards related to all aspects of creating, localizing and deploying the Web multilingually. The project aims to raise the visibility of existing best practices and standards and identify gaps. The core vehicle for this is a series of four events which are planned for the coming two years. Following three highly successful events in Madrid, Pisa and Limerick, this fourth and final workshop will be held in Luxembourg, co-located with the European Commission’s Language Technology Showcase Days and hosted by the Directorate-General for Translation (DGT) of the European Commission. Participation is free. We welcome participation from both speakers and non-speaking attendees. For more information, see the Call for Participation. On the Friday morning we will repeat the popular Open Space discussion session that we held inLimerick. This will again be led by TAUS.

Freiburg (Germany): 18-20 April 2012. International Conference: Language Policy and Language Teaching – Multilingualism in Society, the World of Work, and Politics. New Challenges for Teaching at Institutes of Higher Education/Universities.

Doha (Qatar): 29 April – 1 May 2012.Translation in and of the World is the third of a series of annual conferences that aim to create a Gulf-based platform for discussing issues related to translation. The conference will take place from April 29 to May 1, 2012 in Education City. Keynote lectures and workshops on audiovisual translation, literary translation, media translation and business translation will be delivered by internationally renowned scholars and highly experienced professionals. The workshops, led by experienced professionals and educators, will offer groups of translators and those interested in pursuing a career in translation an opportunity to understand and experience various aspects of the craft – some in relation to Arabic/English and English/Arabic translation and others from less language-specific perspectives.

Madrid (Spain): 19-22 June 2012. TKE (Terminology and Knowledge Engineering) Conference. New frontiers in the constructive symbiosis of terminology ad knowledge engineering. TKE has developed towards wider fields in knowledge transfer for special language communication in a multilingual global society. In this context, interdisciplinary research emphasizing the intersection of different disciplines dealing with terminological aspects and knowledge engineering resources online is welcome. This conference will mainly focus on those theoretical, methodological and practical aspects that show the symbiosis of terminology and knowledge engineering by highlighting the recent advances in many related fields. The conference is organized by the Ontology Engineering Group (OEG), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), and the Association for Terminology and Knowledge Transfer (GTW).

Monash University, Clayton (Australia): 3-7 July 2012. Literary Translation Winter School & Festival:Translation, Transnation. The theme for the second annual Translation Winter School & Festival is TRANSLATION, TRANSNATION, giving emphasis to the connections between transnational writing and the practice of translation.

University of North Carolina, Charlotte (USA): 19-21 October 2012.AMPRA – Pragmatics of the Americas. 1st International Pragmatics Conference of theAmericasand the 5th International. Conference on Intercultural Pragmatics.